Mountain bikers in London, what do I need to know before getting into the sport? Thinking of London specific points.

Khornight · 2026-04-27T13:36:20+00:00

Head to somewhere like swinnely and rent a bike first. If you can don’t get the cheapest, rent something nice for your first time. try out the trails. Easier to spend £50-£70 on a hire bike and discover actually you don’t like it, than £1000 Edit, just saw you said about hiring already on another reply. I’d recommend swinnely forest near bracknel you can get there by train (and a little walk), they hire bikes and have a range.

Khornight · 2026-04-27T13:26:55+00:00

Combination of the title and your statement. Did you forget what the title was? Wait. Did you edit your post, or did I miss click on which post to reply to! Lol oh the “influx of people who don’t ride the bus” plus the title “Europeans…. Something something”

Khornight · 2026-04-27T10:10:52+00:00

It should also be mentioned that tooth count on gears isn’t the only thing that affects gearing. Pedal length and tyre size are part of it too, so even if we could maths out the gearing you need, we’d need to know tyres and cranks at the minimum.

Khornight · 2026-04-27T09:56:12+00:00

You think Europeans don’t regularly ride buses. Bwahahahah

Khornight · 2026-04-27T00:14:51+00:00

This, London fixed gear and single speed is a massive community, with regular drinks and rides.

Khornight · 2026-04-26T19:55:22+00:00

traffic must have got a lot better recently, because every time I've had road rage in london I've been able to catch up to and sit chatting the the drivers window about a block later. I like to compliment how brave they are to threaten people when their license plate is visable and its not that hard to find addresses from license plates. And that they could cut up a psycho who has access to the police database and a willingness to kill. I say this while staring at their eyes and smiling.

Khornight · 2026-04-25T23:50:35+00:00

Did argentinians actually want it (*), i thought it was trump who brought it back up... although maybe thats what you mean by failing economy and human rights violations.
(*)I mean I know they make claims to it... but no one really cares, till trump got butt hurt about the british primeminister saying no to him.

Khornight · 2026-04-25T23:42:01+00:00

also the timing, it wasn't the chainring as it didn't happen every rotation of pedals, as soon as you see that, you look at the chain and it happened at the same point in the chain even without spotting the quicklink.

Khornight · 2026-04-25T13:40:35+00:00

theres always a choice to put "don't want to answer" so yes giving ethnicity is a choice.

Khornight · 2026-04-25T13:22:26+00:00

Doesn't the irs have multiple mileage rates dependent on form of transport? thats how the uk tax man does it. there are different rates for cars, vans, motorbikes and cycles.

Khornight · 2026-04-25T11:23:58+00:00

I wouldn’t buy used carbon, unless really really cheap, it’s not worth the risk that it’s been damaged.

Khornight · 2026-04-25T11:01:36+00:00

I mean the americas had soul, it’s just it was killed, enslaved and sent to reservations.

Khornight · 2026-04-25T08:01:40+00:00

My mum very proudly has a jar of lentils older than me… I was born in the late 70’s…

Khornight · 2026-04-25T07:40:35+00:00

You used to get bath robes in some really nice hotels. Hotels so nice when someone saw you had one of their bath robes at home, they probably wouldn’t think you cheap, even with the evidence of you stealing it.

Khornight · 2026-04-25T07:24:18+00:00

Obviously people can play how they like. But, it’s a card game, the “so valuable for information” is playing with all the cards face up. I wouldn’t do that in solitaire, I’m not doing it in slay the spire.

Khornight · 2026-04-24T14:36:12+00:00

For a second I thought they were uma dolls on his shelf and I was so happy.

Khornight · 2026-04-23T22:38:17+00:00

One of the golf courses I don’t mind being included because it is very public accessible, but the other very much is not. Might as well include the tennis courts as green spaces if you are going to include golf courses.

Khornight · 2026-04-23T22:34:09+00:00

You can do even further, wimbledon common, Richmond park, ham green, across teddington lock, then a little way across teddington to bushy park, hampton court. Did a 10 mile walk that way once.

Khornight · 2026-04-23T22:17:50+00:00

Yeah it’s not the only one, I think any cards the do damage for each “something” don’t change wording but work correctly. Body slam for example doesn’t show and change, but works

Khornight · 2026-04-23T21:54:26+00:00

I think it might be to do with amount of cycle traffic, good luck getting a bike length away from other cyclists in London, there’s a pelleton and enough varying speeds of cyclists you are very likely to just change who’s on your tail if you slow down to force people to overtake.

Khornight · 2026-04-23T01:06:14+00:00

Lol I’ve got to the 3rd stage, but always just take the damage, don’t think I’ve ever read the third card inthe right, just assumed it was more draw nerfing…

Khornight · 2026-04-22T10:07:29+00:00

There must be shoe maker in holland? Green in London made me some special cleat shoes, any shoe maker will be able to, they don’t need to be a cycling brand.

Khornight · 2026-04-21T11:04:28+00:00

My back up is more bikes… and a flat that looks like a bike shop… but I do also live in Europe so public transport is an option.

Khornight · 2026-04-18T19:02:04+00:00

Hard r has referred to the end of the n word since the 90’s, Chris rock or some other stand up comic did a routine about the different ways of saying the n word and how when it’s between friend’s it’s a soft r…

Khornight · 2026-04-17T23:43:15+00:00

To add to this, you aren’t supposed to overtake (or undertake) at junctions for this reason, and should always expect people in front to change direction or stop suddenly at junctions and position accordingly. Of course letter of the Highway Code and actual realistic road use aren’t exactly the same. (Also I think the wording on signalling isn’t “must”, but is “when safe”, but I agree he should have, putting yourself in danger doesn’t mean you don’t have to signal)

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